The highest point on the island, almost exactly at its center, is Mount Caroline Livermore, more commonly known as simply Mt Livermore, at a height of 788 feet (240 meters). On a clear day, Sonoma and Napa can be seen from the north side of the island San Jose can be seen from the south side of the island. ДЄngel Island is the second largest island in area of the San Francisco Bay ( Alameda is the largest). Under the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, the first United States law to restrict a group of immigrants based on their race, nationality, and class, all arriving Chinese immigrants were to be examined by immigration or customs agents. The Angel Island Immigration Station, on the northeast corner of the island, which has been designated a National Historic Landmark, was where officials detained, inspected, and examined approximately one million immigrants, who primarily came from Asia. Bureau of Immigration inspection and detention facility. The island, a California Historical Landmark, has been used by humans for a variety of purposes, including seasonal hunting and gathering by indigenous peoples, water and timber supply for European ships, ranching by Mexicans, United States military installations, a United States Public Health Service Quarantine Station, and a U.S. The entire island is included within Angel Island State Park, administered by California State Parks. Angel Island is an island in San Francisco Bay.

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